Category:Osasco - Wikimedia Commons Australia's Margaret Court believes she doesn't get as much credit from the tennis world as she deserves for her 24 Grand Slam singles titles and that Serena Williams doesn't reciprocate her . The two have four children together, the first of which was born. Even then, in the fattest of times, it was beyond comprehension that the country would ever produce a female champion to rival Court. Among the female players, Maureen Connolly achieved the rare feat in 1953 before such an achievement. In 2013, she wrote a letter to a newspaper decrying the birth of Australian tennis player Casey Dellacqua's child in a same-sex relationship. [16], Court was criticised in May 2017 after writing a letter to The West Australian decrying Qantas, the largest airline in Australia, for being a corporate supporter of same-sex marriage and saying that she would boycott the airline. About Margaret Court From an eight year old girl hitting hairless balls against a garage wall, Margaret Court became one of the greatest tennis players of all time going on to win a total of 64 grand slam titles in singles, doubles, mixed doubles over the course of her 17-year career. This isnt just a draft that builds the future, but a potential dynasty. She used the tennis court of the Border Tennis Association as and when found vacant and continued to play with the other neighborhood children till they were ousted from there. 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